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The Blanton announces Fridays Late Till 8 starting this summer! The art museum (including Ellsworth Kelly's "Austin") will be staying open every Friday until 8pm, May through July. In addition to visiting the temporary exhibitions and permanent collection, guests can enjoy special performances, Blanton Café specials and other offerings.

Three-time AMA Band of the Year winners Riders Against the Storm host their 5th annual RAS Day festival. Headlined by brilliant wordsmith Saul Williams, the diverse lineup includes Brooklyn MC Nitty Scott, Afro-futuristic bass duo Gato Preto, electro/Afrobeat group Trouble in the Streets, and the cosmic jazz of drummer Brennan Temple’s Temple Underground. RAS will also drop in for a set.

Signature Program: Where a pop star like Elvis churned out silly movies with phony plots, props, and pretense, the Beatles launched into movies playing hyperbolic versions of themselves and their lives of newfound celebrity.

Meet other tiny home enthusiasts while attending panels & sessions and exhibitor booths. There's also a DIY Village featuring mobile living structures that were built by hand, a kids' zone, and plenty of food & drink.

Say, citizen, what's annual and tasty AF and supports our local communities? For one thing, this two-week-long dining extravaganza that features specially priced lunches, dinners, cocktails, and beers at restaurants and bars throughout the Austin area – with a portion of every meal donated to the Central Texas Food Bank. And when we say "restaurants and bars throughout the Austin area," we mean the likes of Barley Swine, Easy Tiger, Hillside Farmacy, Lucky Robot, L'oca d'oro, Austin Taco Project, the Driskill Grill, and so many more. See right here for details.

Earlier this month, Austin's queer and kink and bear communities lost a good one. Former Chain Drive bartender Garold Bates, who later made a home behind the Iron Bear bar, passed away. Raise a shot of $2 peppermint schnapps (his shot of choice) in his honor and help raise some money to pay off the bills he left behind.

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Garold was a cherished member of the qmmunity. In fact, the Chronicle was one of his many fans and in 2012 we awarded him a Best of Austin for being the very best LGBTQ bartender in town. Former "Gay Place" contributor Robbie Cohen wrote a poem in Garold's honor:

Join Austin Justice Coalition, JOLT, League of Women Voters, and numerous local businesses for a day of non-partisan voter resources and art-making to prepare for the upcoming election. For more election coverage and updates see our Elections page.

This is something to see, all right, as the gallery walls are filled with work by artists tasked with capturing either their whole self or an aspect of self. And most of the artists have depicted themselves via abstractions and symbolic representations. Note that Randall Reid, Jan Heaton, John Sager, Chun Hui Pak, and Caprice Pierucci are only some of the artists represented in this group show, and we reckon you'll be right there with us, viewing the array of wonders on display.

Know these three things happening here today, Austinite. 1) Celis launches two new brews: East Coast Juicy IPA and West Coast IPA. 2) There'll be live music and a skate demo by the Texas Skateboarding Club (2-6pm), with a custom-printed skateboard raffle. 3) Garbo's Lobster Truck ATX will be there to sell you some of the tastiest sandwiches you've ever had. Mmmmmmmyeah!

Premiere + Party: FemBeat is a documentary series showcasing women, feminists, and nonbinary folx. This event will feature two episodes, a Q&A with the filmmakers, live music, craft market, and raffle (one ticket per $5 donation). Money raised will go toward the production of future FemBeat episodes.

This is the annual fundraising party that celebrates Forklift's mission to activate communities through a collaborative creative process. This is, as some media wag put it, "old-school disco decadence to the umpteenth power, with all the glamor & glitz & boozy noms necessary to turn your dreams of boogie-oogie-oogieing the night away into a Spandex-spangled reality." It's an evening of glittery fun, all right, with MC Tigre Liu, music by DJ Triple C and DJ Mahealani, appetizers from Il Brutto, cocktails slung by Half Step, and Austin's fabulous citizens (that means: you) shaking their groove thangs in the spirit of artistic empowerment.

The Contemporary Austin and grayDUCK Gallery present new work by eight artists who participated in the museum's Crit Group – a program combining group critique with professional development. For viewers, this means an array of sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, collage, installation, and ceramics by Adrian Aguilera, Christa Blackwood, Christine Garvey, Ron Geibel, Jenn Hassin, Landon O'Brien, Dawn Okoro, and Rachel Wolfson Smith.

Uh oh, this feller's a purveyor of subtle and intelligent comedy. Good thing he's at Cap City and not playing a club up in, like, Pflugerville or something, right? Folks there might not recall, for instance, Johannsen's excellent This'll Take About an Hour special for HBO. Note: This show is recommended!

There’s currently no hotter hand in Americana than that of Jason Isbell. The Alabama songwriter’s sitting on a royal flush following last year’s return to his full band with the double-Grammy-grabbing The Nashville Sound. Isbell’s pen cuts sharp and deep, slashing through tough issues, hard times, and emotional complexities with a clear uncompromising confidence and empathy.

Ride the water slide straight to the dance floor. Chulita Vinyl Club, p1nkstar, and way more are laying the tracks for you to get your splash on. Drinks, snacks, and local orgs will be on-site to get you linked in and hooked on activism. Proceeds go toward worker relief and additional outreach and support services in our city.

Forget all you know about high society, because crass queens Louisianna Purchase and Honey St. Claire are spilling their tea all over this party fit for the fanciest mad hatter. Come dressed in yer Sunday best for that Southern cooking and served up drag.

Give into the surreal with host Hentaii. She's got friends in high places and is bringing in a special guest who goes by the name Post Modern Sleaze – please. Also on deck is Y2K, Ruby Knight, Louisianna Purchase, and more queer magic that you can throw glitter at.

This is Edward Albee's "most provocative love story ever told," in which a 50-year-old architect leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and teenage son, but sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters … when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat. No, for reals, in love with a goat. Robert Pierson, Rebecca Robinson, Tim Blackwood, and Preston Ruess star in this Capital T production directed by Mark Pickell. And the Chronicle's own Robert Faires saw this show, and here's his review.